Coin-holder



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' COIN HOLDER.

Patented Dec. 3, 1889.

UNITED jSTATES FRANK-R. BIGLR, 0F KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

com-Horeca SPECIFICATION forming` part 0f Letters Patent No. 416,551,dated December 3, 1889.

'A rApplication filed February 27, 1889.

.To all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK R. BIGLER,'of Kansas City, in the county ofJackson and State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Coin-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.y l

My invention relates to a device for h'olding coins, and by the means ofwhich, rapid change may be made; and my invention consists of featuresof novelty hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a coin-holder which overcomesan objection to those heretofore constructed, which are provided withvertical slots to enable the coins to be seen and straightened in theirreceptacles, While the'coins are liable to fall out of the Lreceptaclesthrough saigslots.

My invention also overcomes another .objection, for Where thecoin'fholders are made ot' Wood, as heretofore, the. receptacles arecontracted in moist Weather by the swelling of the Wood.

To overcome these disadvantages, I construct my coin-holder of glass ortransparent material, which enables .thecoins to be secu in theirreceptacles without the necessity of providing the usual vertical slots.and at the nation.

same time provides smooth-sided receptacles 'in which the coins are notliable to clog.

In order that my invention may be fully' understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference yto the accompanying drawings, in

which;

Figure I- is a perspective View of lny improved coin-holder. Fig, II isa cross-section taken on the line II II, Fig; I.V vFig III is alongitudinal section taken on the line III' III,L

Fig. I. Fig. IV is a bottom View of the baseplate. g

1 represents a-block of glass or other suitable transparent material."In the block 1 are located a series of holes 2, which are graduated indiameter to receive coins of .different denominations, each hole beingadapted to hold I a number of coins of its respective denomibeneath it.

Aeach hole at the same time;

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base-plate may be castor otherwise formed of one piece, if so desired.

4 represents projections of the base-plate which extend in a lateraldirection beyond r the walls ot the holes 2, said projections supportingthe coins in the holes.

X5 represents a series of U-shaped openings in the base-plate 3, oneopening being located beneath each of the tubes 2.

6 represents reduced outwardly-daring portions on the under sidev of theprojections 4 around each of the openings 5. (See Figs. II and HI.)

7 represents reduced portions in the front of the block 1, which permitof the passage ofthe coins. l

8 represents screws, by means of which the baseplate 3 is attached tothe block 1.

The operation is as 'followsz The block is suitably secured to areceiving Window or counter, the top of the block being on a line withthe top of the article to Which it is secured, so that the coins may bereadily slid into the holes. The bottom of the block is,v of course,left free for the passage of the hand When it is desired -to remove thecoins from the holes for the purpose of making change or otherwise, thefingers are pressed against the under side of the bottom coins, and asthe hand is drawn forward the coins will pass through the openings madeby the reduced portions 7 block l, the openings being of such a size asto admit of the passage of but one coin from The reduced flaringportions 0 actas a guide to the fingers, S) that as the hand isnaturally drawn outward and upward the fingers will slide into contactwith the coins.

I claim as my invention- As a new article of manufacture, a coinholdcrconsisting of a block l of transparent' material formed with coin-holes2 and reduced portions 7, the base-plate 3, having pro` jections l, U-shaped openings 5, and reduced outwardly-flaring portions 6, and thefastenings 8, by which the plate is secured te the block, substantiallyas described.

FRANK R. BIGLER.

lVitnessos:

JAS. E. KNleH'r, M. H. KNIGHT.

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